Dog has fluid in his lungs, not sure what to do.

[Richyboy]

X-ray shows cancer and vet wants to put him down (which could never). Anyone successfully dealt with such a scenario, alternative options? The crackpot labelled alternatives for humans like cannabis oil, baking soda/molasses etc anything worth trying? I'll try anything.

[Jasandjules]

If you are near Norfolk there is a chap who has a few treatments, he is an ex vet who now only does alternative medicines (why are they called alternative when they have been around for thousands of years and modern medicine only a few hundred?!?)

[bexVN]

Lung cancer with fluid is very very serious and usually a result of tumours being somewhere else in the body so usually quite advanced. What other investigations have they done (eg ultrasound scans)

What has your vet tried so far? how is your dog in himself? It can be very distressing for them as the fluid leaves them very short of breath (you have to understand it is like slowly drowning)

There are drugs that can help reduce this fluid.

A good alternative vet will work alongside a conventional vet. I can put a link to an excellent alternative vet to show you an example of a good one (she helped me with my Jimmy)

I'm so sorry you have been given such bad news, one of our own vets lost her 6 yr old dog to lung cancer, it was very sad but she put up a good fight.

http://integratedveterinarycare.co.uk/who.html

[Richyboy]

He just had an x-ray followed by bad news. We're getting a second opinion tomorrow. Located in London, not sure he would be up to travelling to far in a car.

[MX51ROD]

We have been through the same situation with our dog , and to watch our beloved pet struggle for breath was so distressing , as hard as it was we could only do one thing to ease her distress , the kind thing , it was simple dignified and I was cuddling her to the end It broke my heart after over 12 years of loyalty , not an easy thing to decide to allow to be done but she was in distress .

[bexVN]

Richyboy said:

He just had an x-ray followed by bad news. We're getting a second opinion tomorrow. Located in London, not sure he would be up to travelling to far in a car.

It's good to get a 2nd opinion if you are not comfortable with your vet etc (if you've known your vet a long time it makes a difference with news like this).

My link was just to give you an idea of what to look for for a good alternative vet. I assume the 2nd vet knows you've already been given a diagnosis. Have any blood tests been done?

[Richyboy]

PDSA vet looked at x-ray and wanted to put him down, that was ages ago. Since then he's lost weight, short of breath but is friendly to visitors and still has a lot of energy so don't want to give up.

Medivet quoting over £700 for the diagnosis tests then the surgery extra - is this normal vet charges? I'm selling my car so the cost is not an issue but wouldn't mind going somewhere with a high success rate in these cases if it costs so much.

[airweaz]

Richyboy said:

PDSA vet looked at x-ray and wanted to put him down, that was ages ago. Since then he's lost weight, short of breath but is friendly to visitors and still has a lot of energy so don't want to give up.

Medivet quoting over £700 for the diagnosis tests then the surgery extra - is this normal vet charges? I'm selling my car so the cost is not an issue but wouldn't mind going somewhere with a high success rate in these cases if it costs so much.

Sounds cheesy but that Supervet dude in surrey might be a good spot. He does the crazyz scientist work.

[Thevet]

If your dog has lung cancer then surgery is not really an option. Different for people where there could be many years of life to save. However, you need to know what the primary tumour is, which could involve some relatively minor surgery. On the basis of this, you can seek advice from as many sources as you like, some labelled alternative some called conventional. Whatever you choose for your friend should be an informed choice and not one that gives less than it takes. You said that you could never put your dog to sleep, well sadly you may have to make that choice, I hope not, but it is a fact of life that we all die, and sometimes it is a kindness to say "no more". Without more info, this is a difficult situation to post proper answers, you don't have to believe everything that is told to you, so don't be afraid to keep asking. I wish there were more miracles we could help to happen, sounds crap but its true.

[Richyboy]

So our other dog got diagnosed with cancer now. This one hasn't lost any weight and or have any breathing problems; her pupils are dropping down in her eyes though.

Both dogs 11 years old (unrelated) and fed only wheat free dog food and treats, lots of exercise. Vet given her steroids and eye drops. Going to try giving her biokult probiotics.

I hope it isn't a genetic strait because we have a third dog (the offspring of the above dogs).

[bexVN]

That is st news . What breed are they?

[Richyboy]

bexVN said:

That is st news . What breed are they?

Staffs.

[ali_kat]